At the Helm: Six words? You got it!

Last week I asked readers for six words describing what they like, or don’t like, about living on America’s Wild Rivers Coast – a takeoff on an idea from the EPA and Smith magazine to commemorate Earth Day 2012.

The assignment, to write a creative essay using only six words, might have been spurred somewhat by a letter to the editor from a man who was “bored in Brookings” and planned to move back to the “big city” as soon as possible.

Dozens of readers took up the Wild Rivers Coast Earth Day challenge. Here are some passionate, six-word portraits posted on the Pilot’s Facebook page: